Difference between revisions of "Leptosiphon bicolor"

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*'''Genus''': ''Leptosiphon''
 
*'''Genus''': ''Leptosiphon''
 
*'''Species''': ''bicolor''  
 
*'''Species''': ''bicolor''  
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'''Description'''
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General: Slender annual up to 1.5 dm. tall, the stem puberulent, often branched at the base, otherwise usually simple.
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Leaves: Leaves rather firm, palmately 3-7 cleft, up to 2 cm. long, the segments linear, harshly ciliate.
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Flowers: Flowers fragrant, sub-sessile in a dense, terminal, leafy cluster, the inflorescence leaves longer and more prominently ciliate than the lower; calyx firm, 5-10 mm. long, the 5 segments with needle-like tips; corolla with a very slender tube up to 3 cm. long, the throat yellow, the 5 abruptly-flaring, short lobes deep pink to purplish or white; stamens 5, the filaments attached in the corolla throat; style 3-parted; ovary superior.
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Fruit: Capsule with 3, several-seeded carpels.
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'''Bloom Period'''
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April- June
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'''Distribution'''
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West of the Cascades, Vancouver Island, B. C., to California, east through the Columbia Gorge
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'''Habitat'''
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Mesic to dry, open, grassy places in the lowland zone; locally frequent on S Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands; S to CA.
  
  

Revision as of 12:08, 30 April 2012

Synonym: Linanthus bicolor

Family: Polemoniaceae

English Common Name: true babystar

English Family Name: Pholx family

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Phylum: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Order: Ericales/ Solanales
  • Family: Polemoniaceae
  • Genus: Leptosiphon
  • Species: bicolor

Description

General: Slender annual up to 1.5 dm. tall, the stem puberulent, often branched at the base, otherwise usually simple. Leaves: Leaves rather firm, palmately 3-7 cleft, up to 2 cm. long, the segments linear, harshly ciliate. Flowers: Flowers fragrant, sub-sessile in a dense, terminal, leafy cluster, the inflorescence leaves longer and more prominently ciliate than the lower; calyx firm, 5-10 mm. long, the 5 segments with needle-like tips; corolla with a very slender tube up to 3 cm. long, the throat yellow, the 5 abruptly-flaring, short lobes deep pink to purplish or white; stamens 5, the filaments attached in the corolla throat; style 3-parted; ovary superior. Fruit: Capsule with 3, several-seeded carpels.


Bloom Period

April- June

Distribution

West of the Cascades, Vancouver Island, B. C., to California, east through the Columbia Gorge

Habitat

Mesic to dry, open, grassy places in the lowland zone; locally frequent on S Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands; S to CA.


Seed

Abbreviation: LEBI

Seed sample from: 2011

Average Measurement: 1.3 x 0.8 x 0.7

Measurement Range: L: 1.1 – 1.75, W: 0.6 – 1, D: 0.5 – 1

Features

Shape: Seeds somewhat tear shaped, others elliptical.

Color: Seeds partially translucent and brown. Hilium inconspicuous.

Surface: Seeds bumpy and somewhat corrugated, giving them a “brain-like” texture. Seeds slightly glossy.


Latitudinal Cross Section: elliptical LEBI lat.png

Longitudinal cross section: elliptical LEBI long.png , and at times, obovate LEBI long ob.png